Agricultural producers who have not yet completed their crop acreage reports after spring planting should make an appointment with the Gillespie County Farm Service Agency (FSA) before the applicable deadline.
Agricultural producers who have not yet completed their crop acreage reports after spring planting should make an appointment with the Gillespie County Farm Service Agency (FSA) before the applicable deadline.
An acreage report documents a crop grown on a farm or ranch and its intended uses. Filing an accurate and timely acreage report for all crops and land uses, including failed acreage and prevented planted acreage, can prevent the loss of benefits.
How to File a Report
The following acreage reporting date of Monday, July 15 is applicable for Gillespie, Kendall and Blanco counties.
Corn, grain sorghum, haygrazers, native and improved grasses and millet are crops that can be reported.
When filing provide:
• Crop and crop type or variety.
• Intended use of the crop.
• Number of acres of the crop.
• Map with approximate boundaries for the crop.
• Planting date(s).
• Planting pattern, when applicable.
• Producer shares.
• Irrigation practice(s).
• Acreage prevented from planting, when applicable.
• Other information as required.
If the crop has not been planted by the acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported no later than 15 calendar days after planting is completed.
If a producer acquires additional acreage after the acreage reporting date, then the acreage must be reported no later than 30 calendar days after purchase or acquiring the lease. Appropriate documentation must be provided to the county office.
Producers should also report crop acreage they intended to plant, but due to natural disaster, were unable to plant.
Prevented planting acreage must be reported on form CCC-576, Notice of Loss, no later than 15 calendar days after the final planting date as established by FSA and USDA’s Risk Management Agency.
FSA staffer Ricky Neffendorf can be reached at ricky.neffendorf@usda. gov or 830-997-3453 ext. 2, 1906 N. Llano St., Suite 107, Fredericksburg.